What happened to the emperor's body?

Just when the waves were rising, and even the Shanghai-based Ta Kung Pao had a small piece of the newspaper to faintly insinuate, in August Emperor Liu appeared in the eyes of the whole country, nay, the whole world.

The complexion looks normal!

Soon, a dozen photos and even handing in papers flew from Beijing to all over the world.

Whitehall, the White House, the Elselle Palace, the Hofburg, the Caserta Palace, the Charlottenburg Palace, ...... the brains of these world powers, each has a thick dozen photographs of Emperor Liu taken from various angles.

"Looks normal, doesn't it?" Herbert. Henry. Asquith said, holding a recent photo of Emperor Liu in his hand, which should have been taken at a distance of twenty meters, and it can be said that it is the closest one among all the photos. He really didn't see anything sickly, and his face was faintly disappointed.

Although Emperor Liu was still healthy, the British Empire had nothing to fear. But no one can deny that he is a most deterrent enemy. Whether he is healthy or not, whether he exists or not, is of incomparable importance to China, to China's soldiers, and to the world!

"No, no. Your Excellency Prime Minister, people can wear makeup. It's a simple trick to make your face hidden and not show it in photos. Personally, I don't think we can jump to conclusions and make a greater effort to get to the bottom of things. Because it's so important. ”

Charlottenburg Palace among colleagues.

If there is anyone in the whole of Europe who cares more about Emperor Liu's health than the British, it has to be Germany. Wilhelm II frowned and looked at the photo in his hand, well, just like he always covered his shrunken left arm with his body when taking pictures, the photo in front of him did not show that Emperor Liu was ill at all. But a secret telegram from the German embassy in China showed that Emperor Liu had really been ill last month.

Is it already healed? Still is....... A trick of masking?

"Command Horst, at all costs, to get to the bottom of this fact. I want to know Liu's real physical condition! ”

"Your Majesty, this will take a certain amount of time, as well as money!"

"Time has come, and Germany has never lacked money. I just want the result! It's about the fate of the empire, about the future of the world! ”

Wilhelm II's voice was a different kind of agitation.

United States, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy. Even Istanbul and Tehran. Not to mention Seoul, Hue, Bangkok and Tokyo, Kagoshima, Yan, Zhao, Lianglu, ......, all the east and west sides of the country, and the eyes of the world are staring at Beijing at this moment. The news and rumors were so terrifying that China's enemies and friends all panicked. At this time, everyone was shocked or surprised to find that the Chinese emperor was already seventy years old.

People are rare in seventy years! There is an old saying in China. And in the entire history of China, there are very few emperors who lived to be seventy years old.

The upper class of the entire Greater China Circle did not dare to imagine that if Emperor Liu was really sick. And if you can't afford to be sick, what a bad impact it will have in such a storm at the moment. China's deterrent power to the entire Western world will drop by one level. China with or without Emperor Liu, the difference is too great. The world's evaluation of China will change from overpowering the British Empire to being on a par with China and Britain.

But until the month of Layue, no bad news really came out of the palace. It has put a lot of people at ease. However, people with a heart have discovered that Emperor Liu made a total of five public appearances during this period. His figure seemed to be getting thinner and thinner each time.

ZN Sea didn't seem to have anything unusual during this time. But there are also people who can inadvertently uncover very secret information, such as the fact that in the second half of 1909 the Chinese emperor appeared in politics less often than in the past. The cabinet was summoned to the palace a little less often, and more importantly, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of China appeared in the newspapers much more often.

On New Year's Day, Emperor Liu reappeared, the sound of the camera and the flash of fluorescence became a sea. Someone with a heart discovers. Emperor Liu's body was even thinner. But his spirits seemed to be very uplifted, and he attended the whole celebration in high spirits and accepted the worship of the new cabinet. With a tall posture and a powerful step, no one can see that he is sick. But Liu Xian's thinner and thinner body type always makes people involuntarily have some bad connections. Especially just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Emperor Liu suddenly issued an edict. Roughly speaking, now that government officials are retired at the age of 70, and their old arms and legs also want to rest, they will abdicate at the age of 70 next year, and hold a ceremony on New Year's Day.

It was really one stone that stirred up a thousand waves. On the 16th day of the first lunar month, the "Huaxia Daily" and the "Ta Kung Pao" were going to sell like crazy, and the latter directly set a daily sales record that seems unsurpassed in the modern era - 8.6 million copies.

The whole Greater China region exploded. Telegram after telegram snowflakes flew towards the ZN Sea. Especially the kings of the feudal kingdom such as Yan Zhao Lianglu, can it be the same when his own son is the emperor and his brother is the emperor? It all came so suddenly.

The three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Liang, which were closer, that is, the second, third, and fourth, all sent telegrams asking to return to China.

At this moment, in the ZN Hai Dormitory, Liu Xian put down his chopsticks, and not a single grain of rice was left in a small bowl that was not as big as a palm, and he was eaten cleanly. The two small dishes of meat and vegetables on the table were also eaten cleanly, and there was half a bowl of clear soup on the side, and there was not a drop left.

This is Emperor Liu's appetite, and he is still very edible. It's just that you don't want to eat so much. The small plate for the dishes is about the same size as the dinner plate, and the small bowl of rice is not as loaded as the tea cup, for Liu Xian, this kind of food is not enough to eat at all.

And in the whole of China, who else would dare not give the emperor a full meal, except for himself? This is Liu Xian's own imperial order, otherwise how could he lose weight day by day. If you want to get it, you have to pay first. If Liu Xian wants to create a false image to deceive the Western world, he must first pay dozens of catties of meat. He has insisted on this kind of life for more than half a year, and he will continue to insist on it for a whole year. Wait until the end of the Zen ceremony to regain your appetite!

God and Master Crossing knew his hard work these days, and in the early days, in order to create a sick sample, he took laxatives several times. Because of the role and significance of the whole project, the Ministry of State Security, from the very first moment of the plan, fully monitored all the people involved in the project, along with their families and close friends.

Of course, the number of this circle is significant, but it is still much smaller than the number of people in the entire system of ZN Sea. Now many palace maids in the palace don't know this secret, they only know that the emperor's body is really not very good, his appetite has decreased greatly, and he has become less out and about.

The ruins of the Old Summer Palace have long been cleaned up, and the rebuilding project has begun for a short time, but Emperor Liu has not seen it once. This in itself is not normal.

For these palace maids, it is not too easy to know some clues.

But all secrets are still confined to the palace. Everyone knows how deep the water is, and no one dares to set foot in it easily.

For many Western countries, just as China is infiltrating the Western world, it is difficult for Westerners to cultivate profitable and loyal spies in China due to their different races.

Now the object of their attack is one of the most heavily guarded places, the Imperial Palace, and it is impossible to see results without the corresponding time to go into the water and grind. In this regard, the Germans were much more convenient than the British and French. The friendship between China and Germany over the years has given the Germans a certain influence in Chinese politics. Just as China has a strong political appeal in Germany.

In April 1910, Wilhelm II finally got what he longed for. But what the telegram described was only Liu Xian's diet and daily life, and there was no real conclusion. But this also made Wilhelm II very satisfied, and he could even conclude that Emperor Liu was really sick, and the illness was not light.

"If he only eats such a small meal every day, he is said to be healthy and energetic, and God does not believe it!" In the two or three months after the year, Liu Xian made frequent appearances, yes, he made eight public appearances in the past seventy or eighty days, and he was very healthy. The voice is loud and the spirit is high. To a large extent, it has calmed the hearts of the Chinese people. But now, as soon as he checked the text of the telegram in his hand, Wilhelm II felt pain for Emperor Liu. No matter how similar the performance is, it's also fake!

"This is the Chinese art of war, 'what cannot be shown, far away and close'!" Wilhelm II survived the German version of The Art of War. For the 'soldiers, sophistry. Therefore, it can be shown but cannot, used and shown not to use, near and shown far, far and near; Profit and temptation, chaos and take, real and prepared, strong and avoid, angry and scratch, humble and arrogant, hard work, kiss and leave. Attack it unprepared, take it by surprise. This statement is very impressive. So much so that he was already using this passage.

"Tell Horst to keep up the good work. The Empire will not forget his contributions. ”

After the clerk stepped down, German Chancellor Theobarden, who had been in office for a year and a half. Feng. Bateman. Holwig said to Wilhelm II, "Your Majesty, I don't think we can rely on the intelligence front to get the real ideas we need. We can also test China in other ways. ”

"For example, my Prime Minister?"

"If the Chinese emperor were really seriously ill, China would have given more importance to its relations with Germany. They needed Germany's containment of Britain and France in order to consolidate and maintain their former position. Then, taking this opportunity, we can propose to the Chinese to buy all the manufacturing technology of their super dreadnought-class battleship, the Kunlun. And to propose to the Chinese the exchange of tank technology. ”

The Germans have long coveted the 'heart' of Chinese tanks. At present, all tanks in the European and American world are gasoline engines, which is also the biggest reason for the slow speed of European and American tanks. God bless China, in the military intelligence to put Rudolph. After Diesel died, there was no second Diesel to invent the diesel engine for more than a decade. At least all the types of tanks that have been disclosed, their powertrains are very problematic.

"If the Chinese agree, it goes without saying."

"If we don't agree, or agree with some of them, we can see that China's priorities are ......" (to be continued. )